Category: Metro

EFCC Arraigns BFI Group Corporation, Six Others For Alleged €100m Fraud
January 29, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns BFI Group Corporation, Six Others For Alleged €100m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 29, 2026 arraigned BFI Group Corporation, Reuben M. Jaja, Uzor Chidi Jerry, David Femi James, Imeobong Jumbo Udom, Adeola Edward and Emeka Emmanuel Okorie before Justice M.S Idris of the...
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Police Uncover Alleged₦7.7b Telecom Fraud, Arrest Six Suspects
January 28, 2026 one Response

Police Uncover Alleged₦7.7b Telecom Fraud, Arrest Six Suspects

The Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud syndicate.A statement issued on Wednesday explained that the syndicate was responsible for the illegal diversion of a telecomm...
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EFCC Arraigns Former NEDC National Coordinator for Alleged N2.2b Fraud
January 27, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Former NEDC National Coordinator for Alleged N2.2b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday. January 27, 2026 arraigned the former National Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed and two others; Prince ...
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Armed Smugglers Attack Customs Officers In Ogun
January 25, 2026 No Responses

Armed Smugglers Attack Customs Officers In Ogun

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun I Area Command, has confirmed a violent attack on its officers by suspected armed drug traffickers during an anti-smuggling operation at the Akokoro area of Iwoye, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area ...
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NDLEA Intercepts Brazilian Lady With N3b Heroin At Abuja Airport
January 25, 2026 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Brazilian Lady With N3b Heroin At Abuja Airport

A 30-year-old Brazilian lady, Ms. Ingrid Rosa Benevides has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for bringing into Nigeria a total of 30.09 kilograms of white heroin.....
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Court Convicts Firm For N30.5m Theft
January 24, 2026 No Responses

Court Convicts Firm For N30.5m Theft

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, January 23, 2026, convicted a company, AAC Consulting Limited, for allegedly stealing the sum of ₦30,564,635.81 ( Thirty Million Five Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand Six....
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Alleged $80,000, N953m Fraud: Court Convicts Stockbroker
January 23, 2026 No Responses

Alleged $80,000, N953m Fraud: Court Convicts Stockbroker

Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, convicted Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing the sum of N953,535,861.57 (Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three...
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Lagos Unveils Traffic Plan For Lekki–Epe Expressway Rehabilitation
January 22, 2026 No Responses

Lagos Unveils Traffic Plan For Lekki–Epe Expressway Rehabilitation

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Lagos State Government has released a comprehensive traffic management plan ahead of the scheduled rehabilitation of Sections II and III of the Lekki–Epe Expressway, set to commence on Sunday, 25 January 2026.Ahead of the project, ...
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Foundation Unveils Activities To Mark 50th Anniversary Of Murtala Muhammed’s Assassination
January 21, 2026 No Responses

Foundation Unveils Activities To Mark 50th Anniversary Of Murtala Muhammed’s Assassination

The Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) has announced the commencement of a series of national and international commemorative activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of former Nigerian Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed (GCFR).Ob...
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EFCC Arraigns Mompha’s Associate, Companies For Alleged N206m Fraud
January 20, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Mompha’s Associate, Companies For Alleged N206m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, arraigned one Sarumi Samusudeen Babafemi for an alleged N206,000,000 (Two Hundred and Six Million Naira) fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Spe...
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Edo Court Jails Man For N1.5b Fraud
January 20, 2026 No Responses

Edo Court Jails Man For N1.5b Fraud

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday January 19, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of Ojo Eghosa Kingsley before Justice W. I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City.Kingsley...
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Customs FOU Zone A Intercepts Four Live Pangolins
January 19, 2026 No Responses

Customs FOU Zone A Intercepts Four Live Pangolins

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, has recorded a major success in the protection of Nigeria’s biodiversity and the enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wil...
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NDLEA Nabs Drug Kingpin After 12-Year Manhunt
January 18, 2026 No Responses

NDLEA Nabs Drug Kingpin After 12-Year Manhunt

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a long-wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo-kanmo,” bringing to an end a 12-year manhunt over his alleged involvement in the killing of three NDLEA officers...
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FG Bans Sand Mining On River Niger
January 17, 2026 No Responses

FG Bans Sand Mining On River Niger

The Federal Government has announced a ban on sand mining within a 10-kilometre radius of the River Niger to safeguard the First and Second Niger Bridges.The Minister of Works, Mr. David Umahi, disclosed this on Friday in Asaba during the...
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